What happens at death?
DEATH IS A SLEEP:
The Bible teaches death is a sleep until the or a resurrection by Christ: Job 14:12,14,15 “Man lieth down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
The Bible teaches death is a sleep until the or a resurrection by Christ: Job 14:12,14,15 “Man lieth down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
John 11:11 “I go that I may awake him (Lazarus) out of sleep.”
1 Cor.15:51-52 “We shall not all sleep ... the dead shall be raised...”
1 Thess 4:13-17 “...concerning them which are asleep... unto the coming of the Lord... the dead in Christ shall rise first...”
See also the following texts:
Psalms 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?
Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.
Psalms 115:17 The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go down into silence.
Psalms 146:4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish.
Eccl. 9:5-6 For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun.
Isaiah 38:18-19 For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth. 19 The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.
John 14:11-14 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. 12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you [a]ask anything in My name, I will do it.
1 Cor 15:17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
1Cor 15:18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
1 Cor 15:51-54 Behold, I tell you a [a]mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
1 Thess 4:13-18 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
2 Tim. 4:6-8 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
1 Cor.15:51-52 “We shall not all sleep ... the dead shall be raised...”
1 Thess 4:13-17 “...concerning them which are asleep... unto the coming of the Lord... the dead in Christ shall rise first...”
See also the following texts:
Psalms 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?
Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.
Psalms 115:17 The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go down into silence.
Psalms 146:4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish.
Eccl. 9:5-6 For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun.
Isaiah 38:18-19 For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth. 19 The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.
John 14:11-14 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. 12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you [a]ask anything in My name, I will do it.
1 Cor 15:17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
1Cor 15:18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
1 Cor 15:51-54 Behold, I tell you a [a]mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
1 Thess 4:13-18 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
2 Tim. 4:6-8 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
The Watchtower Society believes death is a sleep but not for:
1. Everyone until the “last day”.
2. The heavenly class who since 1918 become immortal spirits. RESURRECTION at “LAST DAY”
l John 6:40 NWT “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone that beholds the Son and exercises faith in Him should have everlasting life, and I will resurrect him at the last day.”
Everyone who believes will be resurrected at the last day! See text below.
John 6:39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 11:24 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
However the Society does not believe this simple and clear Bible teaching. Like Christendom who it condemns, it also teaches that before the last day, believers can become immortal spirit beings.
1. Everyone until the “last day”.
2. The heavenly class who since 1918 become immortal spirits. RESURRECTION at “LAST DAY”
l John 6:40 NWT “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone that beholds the Son and exercises faith in Him should have everlasting life, and I will resurrect him at the last day.”
Everyone who believes will be resurrected at the last day! See text below.
John 6:39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 11:24 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
However the Society does not believe this simple and clear Bible teaching. Like Christendom who it condemns, it also teaches that before the last day, believers can become immortal spirit beings.
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL:
The Bible teaches that no one is immortal until this resurrection:
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 NWT “...the dead will be raised ... and this which is mortal must put on immortality,”
Eze 18:20 NWT “The soul that is sinning, itself will die.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned”
The Bible teaches that no one is immortal until this resurrection:
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 NWT “...the dead will be raised ... and this which is mortal must put on immortality,”
Eze 18:20 NWT “The soul that is sinning, itself will die.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned”
IMMORTAL SOUL PROBLEMS:
1. Our Salvation
God created perfect human beings on planet Earth. When man sinned, Christ came to save, restore, redeem that which was lost. God never intended man to become disembodied spirits or souls. That is the hall mark of the Occult and all false religion as far back as the pyramids of Egypt etc.
2. Some Major Christian Teachings
a. Resurrection. Not needed if people go to heaven when they die.
b. Christ’s Return. Not needed if people are already in Paradise.
c. Final Judgment. Not needed now, if people were judged at death to determine whether their souls or spirits went to heaven, hell or hades.
The Watchtower Society for good reasons opposes Christendom’s teaching that when a person dies their soul or spirit goes to heaven. Yet that is what they teach happens since l9l8 to their own heavenly 144,000 class!
1. Our Salvation
God created perfect human beings on planet Earth. When man sinned, Christ came to save, restore, redeem that which was lost. God never intended man to become disembodied spirits or souls. That is the hall mark of the Occult and all false religion as far back as the pyramids of Egypt etc.
2. Some Major Christian Teachings
a. Resurrection. Not needed if people go to heaven when they die.
b. Christ’s Return. Not needed if people are already in Paradise.
c. Final Judgment. Not needed now, if people were judged at death to determine whether their souls or spirits went to heaven, hell or hades.
The Watchtower Society for good reasons opposes Christendom’s teaching that when a person dies their soul or spirit goes to heaven. Yet that is what they teach happens since l9l8 to their own heavenly 144,000 class!
The Lord warned Adam that the day he touch or ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil that he would surely die .
Genesis 2:17. but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
The woman believed the serpents lie and not God's truth.
Genesis 3:2-5. And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Today most people still believe the serpents lies instead of studying God's world to know the truth.
Genesis 2:17. but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
The woman believed the serpents lie and not God's truth.
Genesis 3:2-5. And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Today most people still believe the serpents lies instead of studying God's world to know the truth.